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Senate Transportation discusses narrowing vehicle exemption in forestry bill S.46, considers 10,000‑pound threshold
Summary
At its March 12 meeting, the Senate Transportation committee reviewed draft language for Bill S.46 to limit a motor‑vehicle exemption to vehicles used for timber cutting and to set a 10,000‑pound weight threshold; members asked for a clean draft, DMV input and cost estimates before a vote.
Senate Transportation met March 12 and reviewed draft language for Bill S.46, a measure that would narrow a motor‑vehicle registration exemption to vehicles used for timber cutting and set a gross vehicle weight threshold of 10,000 pounds.
The measure, reviewed by Michael Grady (counsel to the committee) and committee staff, would replace the phrase “forestry operations” with language focused on vehicles used for timber cutting and related work. Committee members discussed how to prevent the exemption from being used for personal or recreational vehicles by tying it to a weight threshold rather than a registration class.
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